Manual of Gurley Hydraulic Engineering Instruments
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
-
Wilmington, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
Troy: W. & L. E. Gurley, 1918. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. (1918). 139, (3)pp. with index. Octavo (6" x 9"), green cloth, gilt. Illustrated with photographs, charts and technical drawings. Former owner's name stamp in three places. Some soil on the endpapers. Rear cover pocket repaired. The price list is not with the book. Some corrections are made on page 127 by the previous owner. Meters made by the Gurley Company are pictured and their use explained.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Austin's Antiquarian Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14344
- Title
- Manual of Gurley Hydraulic Engineering Instruments
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- W. & L. E. Gurley
- Place of Publication
- Troy
- Date Published
- 1918
- Keywords
- Science; Engineering; Printing Water Stage Register; Current Readers;
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About the Seller
Austin's Antiquarian Books
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Wilmington, Vermont
About Austin's Antiquarian Books
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Gilt
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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